Diffusion weighted ZOOM imaging in the lumbar spine based on single-shot STEAM

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 670-672

  Hiepe, P ^a,b   Ros, C ^a   Reichenbach, J R ^a   Herrmann, K H ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Disk degeneration; Lumbar spine; Single shot STEAM; Zoom imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISK DEGENERATIONS; LUMBAR SPINES; MAGNETIC FIELD INHOMOGENEITIES; ORTHOGONAL GRADIENTS; SINGLE SHOTS; SUSCEPTIBILITY DIFFERENCES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 77950871503     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03879-2_188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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